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Essential Utilities (WTRG) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Essential Utilities (WTRG) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 9 consecutive years, with 0.04% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital changed N/A to 0.04% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.04%, a N/A change, with the full-year FY2023 number at 0.04%, down 2.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.04% for Q4 2025 at Essential Utilities, down from 0.14% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.14% in Q1 2025 to a low of 0.04% in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.1% and a median of 0.09% in 2022 define the central range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: decreased -4bps in 2024, then grew 8bps in 2025.
  • Essential Utilities' Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.09% in 2021, then decreased by -18bps to 0.07% in 2022, then decreased by -22bps to 0.06% in 2023, then soared by 47bps to 0.08% in 2024, then plummeted by -49bps to 0.04% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WTRG's Return on Invested Capital are 0.04% (Q4 2025), 0.14% (Q1 2025), and 0.08% (Q3 2024).